Chapter 4: Behold, the Enigmatic lord of the City Emerges! (1)

"Lord Sagittarius is correct, I will make the corrections."

BAMM! A quest completion window pops up, followed by the relationship window.

[You have instructed the art of governance to the lord with lesser positions +10 Relationship with starting city lord]

With a smile, Sagittarius acknowledged her reaction. Meanwhile, Melon-chan stood flabbergasted. As the city lord started to utter the name of the man before her, recognition dawned upon her—confirmed further when she recalled the quest window, the one they had completed side by side.

"Sagittarius"!!!!

No dots, no dashes, no symbols embellishing the name at all. The name matched the advertisement exactly!

He is the Great Lord of Chandra metropolis!!??

Meanwhile Melon-chan's character with eyes as big as goose eggs meets a famous person Sagittarius questioned the Lackna gang that was being taken away peppering them with inquiries that baffled them "Why did you guys kidnap me"

The three robbers who were arrested all turned back and said, "We only targeted the new adventurers by looking at their clothes. Other adventurers only had about 100 copper coins on them, but you had gold coins! It shows that you are very rich, so why wouldn't we capture you and take all your wealth?"

 I understood then.

Right! Mina told him that when you log in, go straight to the alley because the condition for extortion is to wear the old clothes of a starting player, which, as usual, after starting players go to the city office, they will get a lousy chest plate, considered to be clothed, thus not meeting the condition. As for why they dragged him away, it's because he had more money than the regular starting player.

That means the quest writer wanted a player who was just. They saw new players being exploited and disguised themselves as new players, wearing old clothes to go lure and catch the Lackna gang. However, no one did that. When Valkyrie released her skill, it became a point of exchanging money for skills instead.

He himself did not meet the qualifications of the quest writer,

either

The quest writer wanted a just player to seek out the victims, leading to a city lord complaint to unveil Loki as the mastermind behind it all this time. Instead, Sagittarius didn't have to look for victims at all because the system didn't count the number of victims but weighed the credibility of the players against the set weights. Of course, he was the lord of a metropolis with only NPCs as staff in his town hall. How could his credibility be low compared to those NPCs? So a bug occurred because his word alone was worth more than tens of thousands of adventurers.

In the end, only two players knew about Loki being the villain this time.

Valkyrie thanked Sagittarius and Melon-chan, "Originally, I was assigned by Asgard to check for dangers from the gods in the starter city. Now that I know Loki has intervened in the human world, without the two of you, I couldn't have completed this mission. I owe you a great deal of thanks... May I know what you would like in return?"

Sagittarius replied, "You help me, I help you, let's consider it as even now. But this girl, you have to give her a little blessing, sir," while pushing Melon-chan forward.

Being a person who witnesses a situation and offers assistance, such a kind nature must be supported!

Valkyrie took off her hood, revealing the face of a strong, tanned girl. She smiled gently, "The fact that you help people who are hard to rescue deeply impresses me," while checking Melon-chan up and down and then said, "You've become a level 50 swordsman, but still have no secondary profession. Are you interested in receiving a secondary profession from me?"

"Huh??" Melon-chan was stunned. According to her Berserker Guild system, she had to work for the guild for 120 hours, and the guild would take her on quests to get the secondary profession of a Berserker. Now, the option to accept the profession of a warlord popped up for her to accept nonchalantly.

She learned from the guide that the Warlord profession is only available from the NPC Asgard in this server. There are only a handful of people who have this secondary profession, which you can count on one hand. And yet, when she decided to meddle in the villagers' affairs, she ended up receiving this ultra-rare opportunity.

So

Why wouldn't she accept it! Melon quickly pressed accept and thanked them as well. She stood distributing brochure because she had to complete 120 hours of work to get the secondary profession. But now, she doesn't have to distribute them anymore!

The Valkyrie nodded at Sagittarius and said, "Since you seek no reward, I will remember this event," and then a teleportation light took the tanned Valkyrie away.

Sagittarius Stick his finger the game window

[You have joined the fight alongside Trainee Valkyrie Kara +10 relationship with Trainee Valkyrie Kara]

[You and the player .Melon^^ have participated in the suppression of the gang in the starting city, which was dominated by Loki, the god of chaos, and received the skill [limit break] as a quest reward]

[You and player .Melon^^ have participated in the suppression of the gangsters in the starting city, which was dominated by Loki, the god of chaos. You have received a share of the loot seized by the starting city, amounting to 4 gold coins, 5 silver coins, and 23 copper coins as a quest reward.]

[You and player .Melon^^ have participated in the suppression of gangsters in the starting city controlled by Loki, the god of chaos. Unlock Loki onto the human world. The system will announce in the game's news information board.]

Information Board: [Players Sagittarius and .Melon^^ have joined the quest to suppress the rampaging gangsters in the starting city, dominated by the god of chaos, Loki. They've unlocked Loki into the human world. Players can seek out and accept quests from Loki starting now.]

BAMM!! Not yet over.

[Trainee Valkyrie trainee Kara reports the mission results to the great god Odin +1 relationship with the great god Odin]

Sagittarius casually dismissed the notification on the news board and read the incoming message with a light chuckle.

Just by reporting the results, you get a relationship score with Odin? This deified system in the game is based solely on the Norse mythology of the Vikings, without Zeus, the god of thunder, to Sun Wukong, the Monkey King. Thus, Sagittarius thought that if he could chum up to Odin and build a shrine as the city lord function allows, the rain would fall seasonally, the sea would be calm, and with the favor of the gods, nature would be on their side. His city of Chandra would surely prosper more than ever.

While Sagittarius was dreaming of ways to chase after Odin, having gained a +1, Melon-chan became so stressed that she peed yellow!

The name Sagittarius, just like Melon, is one among hundreds and thousands. When there are billions of core players, name duplication is inevitable, so people add various symbols, like Melon-chan's ".", and "^^" to make the naming possible. For the five great metropolis lords, everyone is quite aware of what each name stands for.

The name Sagittarius, without any symbols, belongs to the Chandra City Lord!

When the names of the two were posted on the information board and posted by the game system it led to...

Her friends, numbering in the hundreds on her friend list, contacted her en masse.

"Why didn't you invite us when you went to see Sagittarius-sama (Sir)?"

"Melon, you know the lord of the metropolis and you didn't tell us. Are we really friends or what?"

"Is he out doing quests, or is he still an arcade character?"

"I was wondering where you disappeared to, not handing out brochure, and off doing quests with a celebrity, huh? Introduce him to me too!" The head of brochure distribution for the guild sent this message.

Her friend who had recommended the quest for the skill [Slash] just now, also sent a message asking, "'Squeal! Did you follow that handsome guy and meet Lord Sagi? squeal! You're so lucky, I'm a huge fan of him!!!!!!!!!! Is he in the starting city or what? squeal squeal squealllllll... Where are you? Tell me right now, I'm going to meet him. squealllllll...'

Melon pouts, it seems her friend really did squeal while typing the message to her.

Nobody pays attention to Loki's appearance in the game world anyway. After all, Loki isn't the first character from another world among the nine realms within the great tree Yggdrasil to make an appearance, but Sagittarius, the reserved collector, has already completed a quest to meet with another player.

This is what's truly exciting!

Not only that,

 "Hello, I am Columbus1492, the leader of the berserker's Guild. I've received your contact ID from someone in the guild. I was wondering if you are still with Lord Sagittarius, and could I have his contact ID as well?"

Even the guild leader directly sent a message to her!

How can Melon-chan not be so stressed that her urine turns yellow? She's even starting to feel constipated now.

While the messages bombarded her relentlessly, Sagittarius, who had finished his dreamy trance, turned to Melon-chan and said, "Thank you for your help, Melon. If there's anything I can help you with, feel free to contact the town hall of Chandra at any time. My subordinates will report directly to me." He then handed over all the money he had received from completing quests to Miss Melon, not taking a share of the quest rewards because he was already wealthy.

"Er..." Melon-chan was getting dizzy from all the notifications. Sagittarius saw her state and could guess as much, suggesting, "In the right corner of the chat box, there's an option. You can set it to 'Mute' to stop receiving notifications. Look at mine now, I have over '999+ unread messages', so it won't interrupt when I'm playing games," and then he left. This guy wanted to play his games in peace, had set his messages to Mute right from the start, and would only turn them on to catch up on the reading if he felt like it.

"It's been announced on the news board that someone clearing the main questline is making quite a buzz, right?" He understood that Melon cleared the main questline and so she became famous on her own, therefore he suggested that she turns off the message notifications.

But that's not it at all. It's a misconception of someone who was already explosively famous, but has just realized their own fame.

The appearance of Sagittarius is far more prominent than that of Loki's debut.

The original intent of the writer for this quest episode was to have the victim encounter numerous obstacles. First, as they leave the city lord's house to seek key evidence, the Lackna gang, who want to take control of the city and have been lying in wait spying on the lord, will report to their gang leader. They will create problems while the victim searches for evidence, ambushing and setting traps. The victim will embark on an adventure with a Valkyrie, leading to a quest that presents obstacles lasting over four to five hours. During the search for witnesses, whether they are players or even NPCs of the city itself, enough credibility must be secured. Not to mention the additional effort needed to convince those players and NPCs. It is quite complicated.

When it comes time to fight, the skill [limit break] will be bestowed upon the witnesses who have helped the "kidnap victim" the most, as calculated by the system to be around four to five people. Their significant efforts will be rewarded appropriately with the power of this overpowered skill. Then they will fight against the Lackna gang. This event will become widely known, and at the same time, the names of those who have used these super rare skills will become legendary. Along with many witnesses appearing on the bulletin board, this promotes the news that Loki has released a quest and serves as its own advertisement.

"But ended up encountering the lord of the city, who is one of the most trustworthy players in the game.

In the virtual world of MGC, the Game Master (GM) in charge of the Asia-Oceania server was massaging his temples, exclaiming, 'Hey, they've run into a bug!' Everything just became too easy.

After catching the gang, the resulting shadowy mist should have had a special effect turning into a world mocking and jeering at human greed and foolishness, spreading out for all to see. But since there were only two player witnesses, it wasn't worth the cost to produce the special effect. So, he decided to save this tape for a time when there were more people gathered and then to release it.

The GM could only sigh and shake his head, 'You can't really blame Sagittarius. According to the rules, having entered the game in brain wave mode in the last five years, he must return to the starting city. Apart from him, in the starting city, no one else has a trustworthiness score with NPCs over a hundred.' He glanced at the trustworthiness score of Sagittarius, which because of this incident had risen to exactly 900. Just 99 more points and he would be maxed out. Then he swiped the screen to check the server's ability to handle the bombardment of message transmissions because the lord of the metropolis had come out to clear quests in the starting city by himself. Seeing that the server handled it easily, he was relieved. As he was about to log out and go make some coffee, an employee from another department came into the system control room and asked,

"Is that how Sagittarius clears the introduction of Loki's story?" Showing the strategy department planner ID card to the GM.

The GM frowned and asked, "Is it so urgent that you had to come yourself?" A strategy department employee running here with such a panicked face means that Sagittarius's actions this time must have definitely caused a significant disruption to the story.

The strategy department planner waved off and said with tense determination, "I heard that you used your GM authority to remove Loki's effect. Why did you withdraw it?"